MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	167% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '20 at 16:16
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 142 2-Core 284 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 549 73% 547 Pts	64-Core 544 34% 544 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 3FED) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.1% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 106 Parallax 91.9 92% 104 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 117 Splatting 104 106% 134 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 588 639 741 698 659 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 1,322 Write 1,012 Mixed 832 SusWrite 632 212% 950 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 59.3 183% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 437 DQ Mixed 486 341% 425 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 219%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 138GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 557 833 316 304 304 304 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,317 Write 1,087 Mixed 526 SusWrite 436 187% 842 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 54.5 192% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,090 DQ Write 672 DQ Mixed 625 535% 796 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 236%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 239GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 98 101 100 100 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 97.7 Write 97 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 98.1 65% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 101GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 58 58 58 58 58 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 69 Write 43.3 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 57.4 40% 54.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C14 2x8GB 1,180 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 29 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 30 86% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 123%

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Typical Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,316 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING M3 (MS-7978) - $150

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	821x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	631x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	227x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	316x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	305x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	223x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	74x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	55x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	98x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	83x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	71x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $594

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16